| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63082 |
| QUOTATION: | The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practise it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Terry Waite (b. 1939), British religious adviser, hostage in Lebanon. Guardian (London, Feb. 20, 1992). |
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